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Translingual
Han character
掔 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸水手 (SEQ), four-corner 77502, composition ⿱臤手)
Derived characters
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 437, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12259
- Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1889, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6394
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 臤
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*kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins
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| 掔
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*kʰriːn, *kʰiːn
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| 慳
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*kʰriːn
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| 藖
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*ɡriːn, *ɡriːns
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| 堅
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*kiːn
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| 鋻
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*kiːn, *kiːns
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| 鰹
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*kiːn
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| 蜸
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*kʰiːnʔ
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| 菣
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*kʰiːns, *kʰins
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| 賢
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*ɡiːn
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| 礥
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*ɡiːn, *ɢrin
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| 臔
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*ɡiːnʔ
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| 挋
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*kiŋs
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| 臣
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*ɡiŋ
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| 茞
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*ɡiŋ
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| 腎
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*ɡjinʔ
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| 頣
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*hŋiŋʔ
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| 緊
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*kinʔ
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| 嚚
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*ŋɡriŋ
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| 鏗
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*kʰreːŋ
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| 摼
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*kʰreːŋ
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| 硻
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*kʰreːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰriːn, *kʰiːn) : phonetic 臤 (OC *kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins) + semantic 手.
Etymology 1
Kra-Dai origin according to Schuessler, 2003. Compare Proto-Tai *k.reːŋᴬ (“hard”). See also 堅.
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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掔
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掔
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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1325
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1334
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Phonetic
component
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臣
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臣
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Rime
group
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眞
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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慳
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牽
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰriːn/
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/*kʰiːn/
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| Notes
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臤轉註字
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Definitions
掔
- sturdy, strong, firm
- to strengthen, to reinforce
- to hit, to attack
- † to lead, to tow
Etymology 2
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 掔 – see 腕 (“wrist; arm”).
(This character is an ancient form of 腕). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
掔
(Hyōgai kanji)
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